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There is nothing we like more here in the Valley than a cat fight, and with two tech tigers currently at each other’s throats over who can best serve up …

Google’s Android operating system now makes up a whopping 39 percent of the U.S. smartphone market according to a new report from market research outfit Nielson. Google, claims the report, …

Google has long existed under the mantra “Don’t be evil” but it’s latest ad campaign targeting Microsoft’s Hotmail is just that – evil. Well, perhaps not evil, but it’s certainly …

Texan patent troll Lodsys has slammed Apple with an opposition to the Cupertino company’s motion to intervene in a massive patent infringement lawsuit, threatening Angry Birds maker Rovio, Atari, EA, …

Samsung seems to be getting ahead of itself in the smartphone race, with talk of the Samsung Galaxy S 3 before the Galaxy S 2 has even been officially released in the US.

Smartphone sales may be set to top 420 million units in 2011, but some handset makers are poised to do far better than others when it comes to high-end devices …

Google has begun experimenting with a more tablet hugging search page, according to reports. The search engine giant apparently realizes that when it comes to serving up content on a …

As a mobile news site which thrives on rumor and gossip, we love it when the industry springs a leak and spews out information not quite ready to be released, and today was just such a day.

Japanese carrier KDDI has teamed up with Microsoft and Toshiba-Fujitsu today to unveil the world’s first Windows Phone 7.5 – Mango – device, the IS12T.

Apple is looking to cut slices out of its iPad 4 bill of materials (BOM) by looking to cheaper Taiwanese integrated circuit designers according to local source DigiTimes. According to …

HTC has told Reuters it is willing to negotiate with Apple to clear up the pair’s legal battle, but has emphasized the terms of any settlement should be “fair and …

Mobile marketing platform company Upstream says it will be opening new offices in Redwood City, California, at the heart of Silicon Valley. The firm, whose MCS marketing technology platform boasts …

Mountain View based Intuit Inc., maker of the popular TurboTax program, has announced the availability of its QuickBooks invoicing app for Android, following up its iOS app for Apple iPhone users. …

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) has snapped up assets from Sunnyvale based GestureTek, which specializes in gesture recognition technology, for integration into its Snapdragon processors. Gesture recognition, once the preserve of …

Crowded House said it best back in 1987 with the hit single “Always take the weather with you,” and now comScore can confirm, taking the weather with them in their pocket is what most mobile users love above all else. Of the 76.8 million Americans who own a smartphone, a whopping 31 million have some kind of weather app, amounting to 40.4%.

Wireless giant Qualcomm has kicked off a fitness challenge for its employees, in a bid to raise awareness of its wireless health initiatives and the development of new medical technologies

Market research firm comScore has released figures which claim Google + has shot past the 20 million visitor mark in just three weeks since its launch, seeing a whopping 82% …

Even after publicly declaring on several occasions that it had no interest in facial recognition, Google has gone out and bought itself a –yes – facial recognition software company by …

Angry Birds creator Rovio has been catapulted into the middle of an ugly patent war started by a Texas-based patent licensing company, Lodsys.

Last Friday, HTC was dealt a massive blow when the US International Trade Commission (ITC) took Apple’s side and found the Taiwanese phonemaker guilty of infringing two iPhone patents. But …

Motorola Solutions Venture Capital has led a $1 million round of financing for Menlo Park based Nearbuy Systems which specializes in indoor “micro-location.” Motorola Solutions joined Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, …

We’ve all heard of the dangers of privacy invasion on the internet, but what about an invasion of our personal space from inside the home, from those very loved ones you think you can trust? A recent study from Retrevo – a large consumer electronics and shopping website – claims those closest to you are far more dangerous to your privacy than most outside hackers are.

Google has saddened early adopter everywhere today with its decision to shut down Google Labs, its incubator for newly conceived, half-baked products, which sometimes evolved into tasty new offerings from …

San Francisco based startup Stampt today unleashed its digital loyalty reward card program across the US. The service, which aims to swap out paper coupons of the “buy-10-get-1-free” variety with …

Despite another strong quarter for chipmaker Intel in terms of revenue, the chipmaking giant couldn’t help but be disappointed by its continued failures to break into the mobile market and …